Young British Girls' success at the Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships
by Ben Nicholls 8 Aug 2016 17:49 BST
1-7 August 2016
The 2016 Laser 4.7 World Championships are now complete. Nearly 400 exhausted young sailors depart Kiel on Sunday evening after a long Championship which threw all weather conditions at the sailors.
21 sailors represented Team GBR and it was very young team compared to many of the other 40 nations competing. Despite their young ages, some respectable results were achieved by both the boys in their huge fleet of sailors and the girls who dominated the U16 category with 4 in the top 10 and 7 in the top 20.
Matilda Nicholls, fresh from her European Championship success in France also secured a podium finish in the Girls U16 at the World's and was the leading GBR girl, Alex Schonrock, Eleanor Poole and Freya Cumpsty also ended the week strongly. A special mention should go to 13 year old Abby Childerley who secured a spot in the Gold Fleet for the finals after putting together a very consistent series in the qualifying round.
The Boys faced a stern challenge from a large fleet of sailors from 40 countries. It was Christopher Jones who lead the GBR Boys, hotly pursued by Arthur Fry. Special mention should go to William Rowland who turns 13 this year, 2 broken masts could not remove the smile from his face throughout the week and what a fun week he had!
GBR Results:
GBR Girls - Under 16 Overall
3rd Matilda Nicholls
4th Alex Schonrock
6th Eleanor Poole
7th Freya Cumpsty
13th Abigail Childerley
17th Arabella Sabberton
19th Flo Nicholls
43rd Ellie Maynard
GBR Boys - Under 16 Overall
23rd Arthur Fry
37th Zac West
56th Jamie Harris
57th Tom Pollard
71st Henry Beardsall
229th Matthew Laycock
112th William Rowland
GBR Girls - Overall
20th Matilda Nicholls
22nd Alex Schonrock
33rd Eleanor Poole
34th Ellie Hutchings
37th Molly Sacker
38th Freya Cumpsty
50th Chloe Collenette
56th Abigail Childerley
70th Arabella Sabberton
72nd Flo Nicholls
104th Abigail Clarke
124th Ellie Maynard
GBR Boys - Overall
73rd Christopher Jones
76th Arthur Fry
107th Zac West
144th Jamie Harris
145th Tom Pollard
169th Thomas Bryant
174th Henry Beardsall
229th Matthew Laycock
250th William Rowland
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